The  Swedish 
Covenant  Hospital 


AND 


HOME  OF  MERCY 


250-260  W.  Foster  Ave. 

Near  Lincoln  Ave. 

CHICAGO 


OCTOBER  1903 

MISSIONARENS  TRYCKERI,   NORTH  PARK  COLLEGE 


MAIN    ENTRANCE. 

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Personnel 


BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS. 

MR.  C.  F.  FLODIN,  Chairman 1628  Briar  Place,  Chicago. 

REV.L. W.A.BjORKMAN, Secretary.  .2887    N.  Robey  St. .Chicago. 

REV.  J.  A.  BERG 768  N.  Talman  Ave.,  Chicago. 

MR.  M.  ENGQUIST 352  N.  Clark  St.,  Chicago. 

MR.  A.  V.  JULIX 869  Larabee  St..  Chicago. 

DR.  O.  TH.  ROBERG Swedish  Covenant  Hospital,  Chicago. 

REV.  AUG.  POHL 1408  Addison  Ave.,  Chicago. 


STAFF  OF  PHYSICIANS. 

DR.  O.  TH.  ROBERG.  DR.  F.  I.  BROWN. 

DR.  K.  L.  THORSGAAKD. 


Miss  IDA  C.  L.  ISAACSON Superintendent  of  Nurses 

REV.    A.   LYDELL Chaplain 


GRADUATES  FROM  THE  NURSES'  TRAINING  SCHOOL. 

IQOO. 
Miss  HILDA  N.  RODBERG. 

1901. 
Miss  AUGUSTA  CHRISTIANSON. 

1902. 
Miss  LYDIA  JONES.  Miss  AMELIA  ROHLINGER. 

MlSS    SlGRID    TORNBERG.  MlSS    CYNTHIA    ERICKSON. 


1903. 

Miss  ALICE  YOUNGQUIST.  Miss  SIGNE  RENDAHL. 

MRS.  LYDIA  ENGSTROM. 


CLASS  OF  1904. 

Miss  ELLEN  ERICKSON.  Miss  KATHERINE  HOLMBERG. 

Miss  KATHERINE  FISK. 


CLASS  OF  1905. 

Miss  CAROLINE  MATTSON.  Miss  IDA  MAGNUSON. 

Miss  AUGUSTA  PETERSON.  Miss  JUDITH  HAGSTROM. 

Miss  ELLEN  SODERBERG.  Miss  AMANDA  NEILSON. 


Historical   Sketch 


HE  Swedish  Covenant  Hospital  and  Home  of  Mercy 
is  to-day  an  institution  of  which  its  every  friend  and 
supporter  may  feel  justly  proud.  But  its  present 
proportions  and  excellent  facilities  are  not  the  work 
of  a  few  months  or  a  year,  nay,  some  seventeen 
years  have  elapsed  since  its  comparatively  humble 
beginnings. 

It  was  not  included  in  the  original  plans  and 
purposes  to  make  this  institution  a  regular  hospital 
to  which  the  public  in  general  may  have  access,  but  rather  a 
Home  for  the  aged  and  destitute.  It  was  also  right  early  opened 
for  the  sick,  so  we  may  say  the  original  and  immediate  purpose 
was  to  make  it  a  Home  where  the  aged,  poor,  and  sick  may  find 
Christian  hands  to  soothe,  heal,  and  minister  to  their  needs. 

This  idea  of  founding  a  Home  must  be  credited  to  Mr. 
Henry  Palmblad,  who  for  several  years  had  been  city  missionary 
under  the  auspices  of  the  North  Side  Mission  Church.  In  his 
missionary  work,  he  met  with  many  of  his  country-men  and 
brethren  in  the  faith,  who  were  homeless,  destitute  and  sick. 
"Oh,"  thought  he,  "that  we  had  a  Home  to  which  we  could  take 
these  unfortunate  friends  and  brethren,  where  they  might  feel 
at  home  indeed." 


Moved  by  this  thought,  he  went  before  the  Swedish  Mission 
Covenant's  Annual  Meeting  at  Princeton,  Illinois,  in  September, 
1885,  and  presented  his  cause.  His  idea  that  the  Mission 
Friends  should  found  a  Home  met  with  decided  approval,  and  a 
committee  to  select  and  purchase  a  site  was  then  appointed,  con- 
sisting of  Rev.  C.  A.  Bjork,  Rev.  F.  M.  Johnson,  Mr.  H.  Palm- 
blad,  Mr.  S.  Youngquist,  Rev.  J.  P.  Eagle  and  C.  G.  Peterson,  all 
of  Chicago. 

This  committee  at  once  began  its  work  with  the  result  that 
the  property  of  Mr.  Becker,  situated  in  Bowmanville,  on  West 
Foster  Ave.,  within  the  city  limits  of  Chicago,  was  purchased. 
The  property  consisted  of  three  acres  of  land,  a  two-story  brick 
house  and  a  stable.  The  price  was  $5,500;  of  which  sum  $2,500 
was  to  be  paid  May  i,  1886,  and  the  balance  at  the  rate  of 
$1,000  a  year.  So  well  did  the  committee  succeed  that  on  the 
ist  of  May,  the  following  year  the  entire  purchase  money  was 
paid.  Contributions  came  from  friends  of  the  undertaking  both 
far  and  near,  so  the  incomes  were  adequate  to  make  the  neces- 
sary repairs  and  remodelings,  hence  the  brick  building  was  re- 
paired and  the  frame  building  was  enlarged  and  made  into  a 
two-story  house,  all  for  a  cost  of  $1,400.  Besides  $1,200  were 
used  in  purchasing  necessary  furnishings. 

Everything  was  now  ready  for  the  opening  and  in  the  pre- 
sence of  a  large  number  of  friends,  the  Home  was  solemnly 
dedicated  on  the  27th  of  June,  1886,  Rev.  Bjork  delivering  the 
address. 


THE   ENLARGEMENT    OF     THE    HOME. 

As  soon  as  the  Home  was  opened,  patients  arrived  from 
both  near  and  far,  and  it  was  not  a  great  while  until  the  capacity 
of  the  Home  was  insufficient  for  those  who  sought  .admission. 

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C.    FLODIN. 


A.    V.    JULIN. 


M.   ENGQUIST. 


REV     I,     W.  A     BJORKMAN. 


REV.   AUG.   POHL.  REV.   J.   A.     BERG. 

BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS. 


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The  committee  went  to  the  Annual  Meeting  in  Galesburg,  Illi- 
nois, in  1890,  with  a  proposition  to  enlarge  the  Home,  and  it  was 
voted  by  the  meeting  that  "The  committee  have  the  right  to  en- 
large the  Home  for  the  same  purpose  for  which  it  was  erected 
to  the  extent  that  the  money  in  the  treasury  would  allow,  to- 
gether with  the  money  that  might  possibly  be  given  in  addition 
for  this  purpose,  and  even  if  necessary  to  borrow  any  needed 
sum  not  exceeding  $2,000."  To  the  Annual  Meeting  of  the 
Covenant  held  in  Phelps  County,  Nebraska,  September,  1891,  the 
president  of  the  Home  could  report  that  a  large  two-story  addi- 
tion had  been  erected,  and  some  improvements  in  the  other  build- 
ings, all  at  a  cost  of  something  more  than  $7,000. 

THE  BUILDING  OF  THE  HOSPITAL. 

From  the  Swedish  Home  of  Mercy  has  developed  the  Swed- 
ish Covenant  Hospital.  It  did  not  take  long  after  the  opening 
of  the  Home,  before  patients  arrived  who  needed  surgical  opera- 
tions' as  well  as  medical  treatment.  The  Home  was  fortunate 
to  have  from  its  foundation  efficient  and  devoted  physicians, 
among  whom  should  be  mentioned  Dr.  C.  W.  Johnson  and  Dr. 
F.  I.  Brown.  These  able  physicians  soon  attracted  patients  not 
only  from  Chicago  and  Illinois,  but  from  cities  and  towns  of 
other  states. 

Naturally  our  own  people  prefer  a  Swedish  Hospital  to  that 
of  any  other  nationality,  but  this  preference  has  also  been  shown 
by  people  of  different  denominations  and  nationalities,  who 
recognize  and  value  our  institution,  chiefly  because  of  our  able 
staff  of  physicians  and  the  kind  and  careful  attention  patients  re- 
ceive from  our  devoted  nurses. 

Although,  as  we  have  related,  the  Home  was  enlarged  in 
1891,  yet  the  many  applications  for  admission  to  the  Hospital 

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REV.    C.    A.    H.IORK. 


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had  so  increased  that  the  demand  for  a  large  Hospital  building, 
well  equipped  and  modern  became  so  strong  that  something  had 
to  be  done  to  meet  this  popular  demand. 

In  the  meantime  the  question  of  funds  for  the  new  building 
was  much  pondered.  Two  financially  able  parties  had  held  out 
the  hope  that  they  would  give  substantial  sums  to  such  a  build- 
ing, one  giving  Lake  View  as  his  preference  as  to  locality.  At 
the  Covenant's*  annual  meeting  at  Duluth  in  1901  this  question 
was  discussed,  and  a  committee  appointed  to  select  a  site,  and 
confer  with  these  would  be  donors.  It  developed  further,  how- 
ever, that  these  parties  withdrew  their  offers  because  of  the  com- 
mittee's decision  to  build  the  Hospital  at  the  Home.  This  de- 
cision by  the  committee  was  not  made,  however,  before  they  had 
made  a  general  appeal  to  the  people  of  the  Mission  Covenant  for 
money  wherewith  to  purchase  a  site,  say  in  Lake  View.  The 
people  were  not  responsive  to  this  call  and  indicated  by  their 
refusal  to  contribute  for  a  new  site,  that  they  deemed  the 
spacious  and  beautiful  site  at  the  Home  to  be  their  choice. 

At  the  Covenant's  annual  meeting  in  Galesburg  in  1902,  it 
was  decided  to  erect  a  Hospital  building  on  the  campus  by  the 
Home.  Our  friends  in  Chicago  and  the  country  at  large  were 
again  appealed  to  for  means  and  they  now  as  at  previous  times 
responded  liberally.  (For  individual  contributions  of  over  $25, 
see  list  elsewhere.) 

In  accordance  with  the  above  decision,  the  committee  for  the 
Home  and  Hospital  elected  at  their  meeting  July  i,  1902,  Messrs. 
C.  F.  Flodin,  A.  V.  Julin,  and  M.  Engquist,  a  special  com- 
mittee on  building  to  advise  with  the  Head  Physician  and  the 
Covenant's  Executive  Committee  in  preparing  plans  and  speci- 
fications for  the  proposed  building.  This  joint  committee  en- 
gaged the  services  of  Architect  Edw.  Benson,  who  drew  up  the 
plans  and  later  superintended  the  work  in  a  most  creditable  man- 

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DR.    O.    THEO.     ROBERG. 


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ner.  This  committee  supervised  and  performed  their  work  in 
a  way  that  commands  appreciation  and  gratitude  of  all  the 
friends  of  the  institution.  The  preliminary  work  on  the  new 
building  was  begun  in  the  early  days  of  October,  1902,  and  the 
corner  stone  was  laid  on  Sunday  afternoon  the  ipth  of  the  same 
month.  Prof  D.  Nyvall  delivered  the  address  and  K.  F.  Olson 
laid  the  stone.  Many  of  our  pastors,  the  Executive  Committee, 
the  Hospital  Committee  and  a  large  number  of  friends  were 
present. 

The  building  was  erected  during  the  winter  and  was  dedi- 
cated the  31  of  May,  3  P.  M.  (Pentecost  Sunday).  It  was  a 
great  day.  Our  pastors  and  friends  as  well  as  many  representa- 
tive citizens  were  present.  A  large,  modern,  well-equipped 
hospital  building  had  been  erected,  and  was  dedicated  to  the 
Glory  of  God,  the  service  of  suffering  Humanity — a  monument 
to  united  Christian  Charity. 


Advantages  at  the  Swedish  Covenant  Hospital. 
LOCATION. 

The  location  of  the  Hospital  is  beautiful,  charming  and  in- 
viting. A  more  desirable  location  can  hardly  be  found.  Here 
the  sick  and  weak  patient  is  far  enough  from  the  raw,  cool,  lake 
air;  he  is  removed  from  the  noise,  which  city  life  and  railway 
traffic  causes.  No  noise,  no  blowing  of  steam  whistles,  whether 
of  steamboat,  locomotive  or  factories,  disquiets  the  sensitive  and 
sick  patient.  On  the  other  hand,  the  convalescent  patient  can,  in 
beautiful  summer,  rest  under  the  shady  trees,  walk  the  green 
lawn  and  grassy  ways,  and  enjoy  the  fragrance  of  flower  beds,  as 
well  as  of  surrounding  forest  and  field,  while  sunlight  and  song 
of  bird  charm  the  eye  and  ear.  With  these  splendid  advantages 
we  deem  our  location  ideal.  Although  some  distance  from  the 

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DR.    F.    I.   BROWN. 


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center  of  the  city,  yet  we  axe  within  its  limits,  and  are  reached  by 
the  Bowmanville  car  on  Lincoln  Avenue,  the  Hospital  being  some 
five  minute's  walk  westward  from  the  terminus  of  this  line. 

We  hope  it  is  understood  that  the  Hospital  is  open  not  only 
to  the  people  of  the  Swedish  Mission  Covenant,  but  it  invites- 
patronage  from  all  denominations  and  nationalities.  The  Hos- 
pital is  open  to  the  public  in  general. 

The  interests  of  the  institution  are  managed  by  a  committee 
of  seven,  chosen  by  the  Covenant  at  its  annual  meeting,  and  re- 
siding in  Chicago.  This  committee  meets  regularly  the  ist 
Tuesday  of  every  month  and  oftener  if  necessary. 

In  connection  with  the  Hospital  work  there  has  been  organ- 
ized a  training  school  for  nurses.  The  course  in  this  is  three 
years,  and  the  applicant  must  submit  to  an  examination  in  Eng- 
lish language,  penmanship  and  arithmetic. 

Applications  to  enter  the  training  school  should  be  made  to 
the  Superintendent  of  Nurses,  who,  upon  request,  will  furnish 
application  blanks. 

The  application  must  be  accompanied  by  a  certificate  from 
a  physician  in  regard  to  the  applicant's  health,  and  also  a  letter 
of  recommendation  from  a  clergyman  in  good  standing.  It  is 
preferred  that  the  applicant  be  not  under  23  and  not  above  35 
years  of  age. 

A  RETROSPECT. 

During  the  past  year  214  patients  have  been  admitted  to  the 
hospital  for  treatment.  Of  these  112  were  surgical,  and  102 
medical.  About  two-thirds  of  this  number  have  been  paying 
patients.  The  number  of  old  people  in  the  Home  proper  is 
fifteen.  Following  is  the  number  of  patients  admitted  during 
the  past  five  years:  1898-99,  152;  1899-00,  133;  1900-01,  183; 
1901-02,  151  ;  1902-03,  214. 

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The  following  table  shows  the  monthly  incomes  in  fees  paid 
by  patients  for  the  last  four  years.  It  is  especially  encouraging 
to  note  the  increase  since  the  new  Hospital  building  was  opened 
in  May,  1903. 


1900 

1901 

1902 

1903 

January  

$223  25 

$362.60 

$227.10 

$217  80 

February  

201  76 

253.70 

313  40 

323  85 

March  

302.64 

200  00 

294  84 

219  40 

April     

256  50 

338  72 

301  55 

252  45 

May  

453  80 

389  50 

208  95 

692  90 

June  

158  00 

226.00 

155  20 

534  95 

July 

171.85 

267.83 

174  95 

421  75 

August  

256.00 

516.54 

384.00 

717.20 

September  

127.45 

278.50 

351  80 

958  50 

October  

322.00 

339.95 

145.  CO 

November  

235.15 

292.10 

224.25 

December  

274.80 

331.00 

213.65 

DESCRIPTION  OF  THE   BUILDING. 

The  Hospital  building  proper  is  a  large  brick  building, 
fronting  Foster  Avenue  on  the  north.  Besides  the  basement 
there  are  two  and  one-half  stories. 

The  basement  floor  contains  kitchen,  dining-room,  labora- 
tory, drug-room,  laundry,  3  store  rooms*. 

On  the  2nd  and  3rd  floors,  are  the  office,  reception  room, 
two  serving  rooms  (Diet  Kitchen),  2  medicine  rooms,  examin- 
ing room,  operating  room  and  Anethetization  Room. 

The  3d  floor  also  has  7  Nurses'  Rooms. 

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PATIENTS'   ROOMS. 

Private    rooms 10 

4  Wards  of  2  beds  each 8 

5  Wards  of  3  beds  each 15 

i  Ward  of  4  beds 4 

3  Wards  of  6  beds  each 18 

i  Ward  of  10  beds 10 

i  Ward  of  16  beds 16 

Total  number  of  beds 8 1    . 

Besides  there  are  in  the  Building  three  lavatories  and  bath- 
rooms, chapel,  etc. 

Figures  showing  the  cost  of  the  Building  and  the  sum  paid 
on  same. 

Cost  of  Building,  etc $26,241.81 

Income  applied  on  the  debt 13,930.03 


.Balance $12,311.78 

RULES   FOR.   PATIENTS. 

I.  All  patients  shall  conform  to  the  Rules  and  Regulations 
of  the  Home  and  shall  be  civil  and  obedient  to  the  officers  and 
nurses  in  charge. 

IT.  Patients  are  forbidden  to  use  improper  language  of  any 
kind ;  to  disturb  by  loud  talking ;  to  spit  on  the  floor ;  to  play 
cards ;  to  smoke ;  or  to  procure  for  themselves  or  others  any 
intoxicating  liquors. 

III.  No  patient  shall  go  into    the    heating    room,    laundry, 
kitchen,  office  or  operating  room  except    on    permission  of  the 
Superintendent  of  Nurses. 

IV.  Patients  must  not  lounge  in  or  throw  anything  out  of 
the  hospital  windows. 

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V.  No  male  patients    shall    go  into    any    women's    apart- 
ments, nor  any  female  into  those  of  the  male. 

VI.  No  patient  is  allowed  to  give  his  food,  drink  or  med- 
icine to  another  patient,  nor  to  make  exchanges  of  the  same. 

VII.  Patients  shall  have  retired  by  9  P.  M.     Lights  turned 
low,  unless  otherwise  directed. 

VIII.  All  patients  who  are    able  are    expected    to    attend 
religious  services.     Those  who  are  unable  to  do  so  should  be 
quiet  and  orderly,  while  the  services  are  going  on. 

IX.  Patients  shall  not  leave  the  Hospital  without  a  permit 
from  the  Resident  Physician  or  the  Superintendent  of  Nurses. 

X.  Patients  must  leave  such  money  and  valuables  as  they 
have  with  them  with  the  Superintendent  of  the  Hospital,  who 
will  give  a  receipt  for  the  same.    In  case  of  failure  to  do  so,  the 
hospital  will  not  be  responsible  for  any  loss  that  may  occur. 

XL     Patients  unwilling  to  obey  these  Rules  and  Regula- 
tions will  be  discharged. 

RULES  FOR  VISITORS. 

I.  Visitors  will  be  admitted  to  the  Hospital  daily  from  2  to 
4  P.  M.  and  at  no  other  time  except  by  special  permission  from 
the  Superintendent  or  Head  Nurse. 

II.  Not  more  than  two  visitors  will  be   admitted  at  one 
time  to  visit  the  same  patient,  and  each  visit  must  not  continue 
more  than  twenty  minutes. 

III.  Clergymen  may  at  all  reasonable  hours  have  access  to 
such  patients  as  may  desire  their  attendance. 

IV.  The  bringing  of  articles    of  food  or    of    liquors    or 
tobacco  to  patients,   without    special    permission    of  the   Head 
Nurse,  is  strictly  forbidden. 

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OUR.   PRESENT  NEEDS. 

Our  immediate  need  is  to  pay  off  the  above  debt  of 
$12,311.78.  Considering-  the  splendid  building-,  apparatus,  and 
facilities  this  debt  is  not  big,  yet  it  is  heavy.  Every  debt  is 
cumbersome  and  impedes  progress.  With  such  a  splendid 
achievement,  with  such  excellent  record  which  the  Hospital  has 
made,  with  such  confidence  and  patronage  enjoyed,  we  the 
Swedish  Mission  Covenant  people,  especially,  and  all  who  are 
interested  in  charitable  and  benevolent  work  in  general,  should 
be  inspired  and  roused  to  united  effort  to  obliterate  this  debt. 

While  our  people  in  general  should  take  a  pride  and  interest 
in  this  institution  and  so  help  to  pay  the  debt,  yet  it  is  plain  that 
it  behooves  us  who  live  in  Chicago,  close  to  the  institution,  to  pay 
the  greater  part.  The  methods  of  giving  are  several,  the  purpose 
is  one.  Let  us  choose  any  way  of  giving  just  so  we  accomplish 
the  purpose — the  paying  of  the  debt. 

HOW   CAN  WE  AID  IN  THE  SUPPORT  OF 
THE  HOSPITAL? 

( i )  By  donating,  say  five  thousand  dollars  with  the  condi- 
tion that  the  yearly  interest  of  this  sum  be  used  for  the  support 
of  a  patient  and  sick  bed.  This  sum  could  be  donated  either 
in  memory  of  a  departed  friend  or  in  memory  of  one's  self;  and 
this  bed  will  always  bear  the  name  the  donor  determines.  Such 
a  bed  need  never  be  empty  for  lack  of  support,  and  the  donor  can 
scarcely  invest  such  a  sum  in  a  more  useful  way,  or  make  his 
contribution  to  the  helping  of  suffering  humanity  and  preserve 
the  memory  of  his  life  upon  earth. 

When  you  are  making  your  will  on  your  death  bed,  you  can 
do  as  so  many  thoughtful  and  merciful  people  have  done  before 
you,  you  can  remember  the  Hospital  with  a  mite,  knowing  that 
this  mite  will  accomplish  much  good. 

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(2)  By  supporting   (for  one  or  more  years)    one  patient 
and  a  sick  bed,  which  will  cost  three  hundred  dollars  per  annum. 
He,  who  will  so  nobly  use  his  earthly  treasures,  will  reap  a  bless- 
ing and  have  the  satisfaction  that  he  is  caring  for  a  suffering 
human  being.     These  are  very  common  ways  of  aiding  in  the 
support  of  a  hospital  and  putting  it  upon  an  independent  basis. 

(3)  You  can  among  your  acquaintances  and  friends  col- 
lect means  and  send  them  to  the  institution.     These  friends  will 
be  moved  with  compassion  when  you  picture  to  them  the  need 
and  how  much  good  their  gifts  can  accomplish  and  they  will 
hasten  to  help  with  a  larger  or  smaller  sum.     There  are  many 
who  would  gladly  give  something  for  such  a  purpose,  if  they 
were  only  asked. 

(4)  You  can  collect  in    your  church  or    Sunday    School 
needed  funds.    The  best  way  to  do  this  is  left  for  you  to  decide. 
Love  for  the  cause  will  always  find  a  way. 

(5)  If  you  live  in  the  country,  you  can  ask  the  farmers  to 
give  of  their  products,  such  as  potatoes,  butter  and  cheese,  eggs, 
vegetables,  hay,  corn,  meats,  flour  and  grain,  etc. 

(6)  Dear  friend:     You    can  also    say  a    good    and  com- 
mendatory word  in  behalf  of  this  institution  to  strangers  whom 
you  may  meet. 

(7)  Not  least  you  can  serve  this  institution  by  praying  to 
God  for  it.     There  is  help  with  God,  and  His*  hand  is  not  short- 
ened that  it  cannot  save.     The  prayer  of  faith  availeth  much  in 
its  working.     My  friend :     Remember  the  Home  of  Mercy  when 
you  pray  to  God. 


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28. 


FORM   OF   BEQUEST. 


I of  the  city  of 

county  of ,  in  the  state  of 

hereby  bequeath  and  devise  the  sum  of 


($  )  to  the  Swedish  Covenant  Hospital 


and  Home  of  Mercy,  an  institution  owned  and  controlled  by  the 
Swedish  Evangelical  Mission  Covenant  of  America,  a  corpora- 
tion created,  organized  and  existing  under  and  by  virtue  of  the 
state  of  Illinois,  with  its  headquarters  in  Chicago,  Illinois. 


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Contributions. 


INDIVIDUAL   CONTRIBUTIONS  OF   OVER  $25.00. 

Louis   Sand,   Manistee,   Mich ,. $2,500.00 

C.  F.  Flodin,  Chicago,  111 500.00 

Missions  Friends  Pub.  Co.,  Chicago 500.00 

John  R.  Lindgren,  State  Bank  of  Chicago 250.00 

Mrs.  N.  F.  McCormick,  Chicago,  111 250.00 

Aaron  Carlson,   Minneapolis,   Minn 100.00 

S.  A.  Matson,  North  Park,  Chicago 100.00 

C.  G.  Peterson,  Chicago,  111 100.00 

Nils  Nilson,  Evanston,  111 100.00 

Nils  Olson,   Manistee,   Mich 100.00 

Mrs.  Knutson,  Home  of  Mercy,  Chicago,  111 60.00 

C.  J.  Leaf,  North  Park,  Chicago 60.00 

Prof.  F.  Risberg,  Chicago,  111 50.00 

Mrs.  Ingeborg  Braastad,  Ishpeming,  Mich 50.00 

Peter  N.  Nilson,  Oakland,  Neb , 50.00 

John  Holmquist,  Holyoke,  Colo 50.00 

Mrs*.  Eckre,  Ishpeming,  Mich 50.00 

Gus.  Lofshult,  Sloan,  Iowa 50.00 

J.  A.  Modin,  Chicago,  111 50.00 

Gust  Alvar,  Norway,  Mich 50.00 

A.  Ryden,  Woodville,  Mich 50.00 

C.  G.  Johnson,  Stromsburg,  Neb 50.00 

M.  Nyman,  West  Point,  Neb 46.00 

Rev.  M.  E.  Anderson,  Tacoma,  Wash 25.00 

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Rev.  Jonas  Johnson,  Webster,   S.   Dak $  25.00 

A.  J.  Swanson,  Holdrege,  Neb 25.00 

Mrs.  A.  J.  Swanson,  Holdrege,  Neb 25.00 

John  A.   Borg,   Wakefield,   Neb 25.00 

Philip   Swanson,   Bertrand,    Neb 25.00 

Sharp  &   Smith,   Chicago,   111 25.00 

Andrew  Bjorkman,  Iron  Mountain,  Mich 25.00 

L.  A.  Budlong,  Bowmanville,  Chicago,  111 25.00 

Blomgren   Bros.,   Chicago,   111 25.00 

Chicago  Paper  Co.,  Chicago,  111 25.00 

Regan  Printing  House,  Chicago,  111 25.00 

A.  Erickson,  Rosehill,  111 25.00 

Oscar  Godeau,  Joliet,  111 25.00 

O.   Nesses,   Manistee,   Mich 25.00 

SUBSCRIPTIONS. 

Aaron  Carlson,  Minneapolis,   Minn $400.00 

A.  Perry,  Harcourt,  Iowa 100.00 

G.  A.  Johnson  Bros.,  Manistee,  Mich 100.00 

Emil  Johnson,  Manistee,  Mich 100.00 

C.  J.  Leaf,  Chicago,  111 500.00 

Prof.  A.  Mellander,  North  Park,  Chicago 60.00 

Rev.  Aug.  Pohl,  Chicago,  111 50.00 

Prof.  A.  W.  Fredrickson,  North  Park,  Chicago,  111 50.00 

Rev.  A.  Lydell,  North  Park,  Chicago 50.00 

J.  A.  Tolf ,  Chicago,   111 50.00 

O.  M.  Matson,  Chicago,  111 50.00 

E.   Burkros,   Chicago,   111 50.00 

Hjalmar  Lind,  Chicago,  111 50.00 

A.  V.  Julin,  Chicago,  111 1 10.00 

Bessie  Johnson,   Chicago,   111 50.00 

O.  B.  Roberg,   Chicago,  111 100.00 

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N.  J.    Sandberg,  Chicago,   111 $100.00 

Olof  Anderson,  Des  Moines,  Iowa 25.00 

Rev.  John  Wenstrand,  Chicago,  111 25.00 

Rev.   Soderholm,   Chicago,   111 25.00 

Swenson,   Chicago,    111 25.00 

The  following  Persons,  Societies  and  Charities  have 
Furnished  Rooms  in  the  Hospital: 

Miss  Lottie  Forsstrom,  Chicago,  Ills. 

The  Young  and  Old  Ladies'  Sewing  Society,  The  Mission 
Church,  North  Side,  Chicago,  Ills. 

N.  J.  Sandberg  &  Co.,  Chicago,  Ills. 

The  Ladies'  Society  of  North  Park,  Chicago.  Ills. 

J.  A.  Modin,  Lake  View,  Chicago,  Ills. 

Bessie  Johnson,  Chicago,  Ills. 

Ladies  of  Lake  View  Mission  Church,  Chicago,  Ills. 

Prof.  F.  Risberg,  Chicago,  Ills. 

The  Mission  Church,  Cuyler,  Chicago,  Ills. 

Tabernacle  Church,  South  Side,  Chicago,  Ills. 

The  Sunday  School  of  Bethany  Church,  Chicago,  Ills. 

Ladies'  Society  of  the  Mission  Church,  Ravenswood,  Chi- 
cago, Ills. 

A.  Ryden,  Woodville,  Ind. 

Mrs.  Eckre,  Ishpeming,  Mich. 

The  Mission  Church,  Chicago  Heights,  Ills. 

Mrs.  F.  Braastad,  Ishpeming,  Mich. 

Young  Ladies  Society  of  the  Zion  Church,  Jamestown,  N.  Y. 

The  Mission  Church,  Jamestown,  N.  Y. 

Ladies'  Society  of  the  Sw.  Mission  Church,  Grand  Rapids, 
Mich. 

Swedish  Mission  Church,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

Ladies  of  the  Mission  Church,  Manistee,  Mich. 

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The  Young  People's  Society,  59th  and  Carpenter  Sts.,  Chicago. 


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